Kendrick Lamar quotes

When shit hit the fan, is you still a fan?

I think one of my biggest assets is not knowing how famous I am.

when you get success and you get fame and money, it makes you be you times ten.

I'm Makaveli's offspring, I'm the King of New York

King of the Coast; one hand, I juggle 'em both

I got power, poison, pain, and joy inside my DNA

I got hustle, though, ambition flow inside my DNA

I don't do it for the 'Gram, I do it for Compton

From Compton to Congress

Set-trippin' all around

Ain't nothin' new but a flu of new Demo-Crips and Re-Blood-icans

Red state versus a blue state—which one you governin'?

Everybody gon' respect the shooter

But the one in front of the gun lives forever

Let bygones be bygones, but where I'm from

We buy guns and more guns to give to the young

Love me or hate me, I own it.

I don’t just wanna be a popular person, I want my music to always live because that’s what’s gonna drive your legacy.

All my life I want money and power

Respect my mind or die from lead shower

Mind over matter never worked for my nemesis

I find myself to be quite confident as a person but you’re going to have that piece of doubt in the back of your head because we’re human.

My biggest fear was losin' it all

Scared to spend money, had me sleepin' from hall to hall

Scared to go back to Section 8 with my mama stressin'

Thirty shows a month and I still won't buy me no Lexus

I don't wear crosses no more, Yeshua was coming back

I ain't scared of losses no more, I see life in that

I should distance myself, I should keep it relentless

My selfishness is what got me here, who the fuck I'm kiddin'?

My résumé is real enough for two millennium

You know the reasons, but still'll never know my life

Kendrick a.k.a. "Compton's Human Sacrifice"

I know what I know, and I know it well not to ever forget

Until I realized I didn’t know shit, the day I came home

I don't love people enough to put my faith in man

And I'm not sure why I'm infatuated with death

My imagination is surely an aggravation of threats

That can come about, 'cause the tongue is mighty powerful

I transform with pressure, I'm hands-on with effort

I fell twice before, my bounce back was special

Me and Top Dawg playin' rock-paper-scissors in court

A real hustler lose money just to go get some more

Third surgery, they couldn't stop the bleeding for real

Then he died, God himself will say, "You fuckin' failed," you ain't try

Made my first million fucking dollars

Bought a Bible, oh yeah, God got me

Made my second million dollars, bought a chopper and binocular

I'm scared, this shit don't happen to everybody

I put my life in these sentences

Fucking right, it's either that or life sentences

It’s definitely a gift and a curse when you make music as personal as I make it.

Anything I say or do, I don’t take back, I don’t regret.